Clinton supporters said he “unfairly” grilled her while going easier on Trump.

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Trump dismissed this idea, saying, “I think he was professional and has been treated unfairly.”

He added, “He wasn’t nice to me. He was tough on me. He gave me tough [questions]. I answered them better than she did.”

Continuing, Trump said, “I can see it happening right now because everybody was saying he was soft on Trump and now the new person is going to try and be really hard on Trump just to show the establishment what he can do. I think it’s very unfair what they are doing.”

He went on to compare last week’s forum and the first presidential debate, scheduled for Sept. 26, to the way Indiana University coach Bobby Knight worked a basketball game.